Wash-board



(No Model.)

J. T. SARGENT.

WASH BOARD.

No. 327,601. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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OWNLXLUM Unrran STATES PATENT Orricn.

JAMES T. SARGENT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WASH-BOARD.

SPECIPICA TIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,601, dated October6,1885.

Application filed April 1, 1885. Serial No. 160,673.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES T. SARGENT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements inash-Boards, of which improvements the following is a specification.

In the accompanyingdrawings, which make part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wash-board embodying my improved formof soapbox. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, showing a modified form of soap-box.

My invention relates to an improvement in what are termed double-facedwash-boards, the object of said improvement being to provide a soap-boxon each side of the board of a capacity equal to or greater than thesoap boxes formed on singlefaced boards; and to this end my inventionconsists in the construction and combination ofparts, allas more fullyhereinafter described and claimed.

The wash-board A is of the usual form and construction, consisting ofthe rubbing-faces 2, of any known and suitable construction, and asupportingback inserted between the rubbing-faces, and suitably securedto the side bars,3. These side bars are extended,as usual, above theends of the rubbing-faces, and are connected at their upper ends by headbar or piece 5. As shown, the upper ends of the rubbing-plates 2 arebent over the upper end of sup 'lorting'back, and are held in positionby the cross-bar 6, bearing against the turned-over ends of therubbing-plates, said bar being secured at its ends to the side bars, 3.To the side bars, 3, midway between the head-piece 5 and the cross-bar6, is pivoted the brand-board 7, forming in connection with the sidebars and head and cross-bars a receptacle for the soap. Although it iswith in the scope of the invention herein to connect the brand-boarddirectly to the side bars by the pivot-pins 8, it is preferred to securethe brand-board to side pieces, 9, said side pieces being of a widthsomewhat greater than half the width of the side bars, and through theseside pieces are passed the pivot-pins 8, the distance between the holesfor these pins in the side pieces and the brand-board being (No model.)

nearly equal to half the width of the side bars, 3. By this constructionthe brand-board when reversed from one side of the wash-board to 5 theother will be approximately in line with the edges of the side bars,thus forming on either side a soap-box of a depth approximately equal tothe width of the side bars, 3. Along the under side of the headpiece 5is formed a rib or projection, 10, against which the edges of thebrand-board strike when turned from one side to the other, said rib orprojection being so constructed and proportioned that when one edge ofthe brandboard is in contact therewith the opposite edge will be held ashort distance away from the crossbar 6, thereby forming a drip-openingfor the escape of water on that side of the wash-board not in use. Insome cases it is desirable that the brand-board should be capable ofturning a little more than one hundred and eighty degrees through theside bars, 3, and assume a position when turned parallel with therubbing-faces, but in a different plane, in which case the sidepieces,9,are made a little shorter than the distance between theheadpiece 5 and crossbar 6, and the brand-board is made sufficientlywide to project beyond the side pieces, 9, on each side far enough toabut against the rib or projection 10, as above stated. In such aconstruction the pivot-pin is located midway of the side pieces, 9, andof that part of the side bars, 3, included between the head-piece andcrossbar 6, 'as clearly shown in Fig. 4, the braudboard extending to ornearly to the upper edge of the crossbar 6; but in some cases it isdesirable that the brand-board should extend beyond or lap over thecross-piece 6, in which case both the brand-board and side pieces aremade of a width greater than the distance betweenlthe headpiece 5 andcross-bar 6, the side pieces being made of a length equal to the widthof thebraud-board,and the pivot-pin,while passing through the sidepieces midway of their length, projects into the side bars, 3, at apoint distant from the central point between the head-piece andcross-bar equal to the excess of width of the brand-board over the widthof the opening in which it is located, so that the upper edge of thebrand-board will extend to, but not beyond, the rib on the under side ofthe head-piece, while its lower edge will lap over or prolect beyond thecrossbar 5, as Clearly shown in Fig. 2, thus forming an apron or guideto prevent the waterfrorn splashing through the opening between thebrand-board and cross-bar, and causing it to flow down into thetubbehind the wash-board.

It will be observed that in this construction the brand-board, whenturned to place on either side of the wash-board, extends diagonallyacross the opening between the headpiece and cross-bar; hence, in orderto obtain the desired depth of soap-box, the holdingface of thebrandboard is made concave, as shown, which construction will give thede: sired depth in that part of the box in which the soap is retained.

To the headpiece is attached a suitable catch adapted to hold the upperedge of the brand-board in place, and to prevent its accidental turningas, for example, a double hook, 11, journaled in the head-piece. and

constructed to catch over the upper edge of the brand-board on eitherside, may be employed.

I clainiherein as my invention- I 1. In a wash-board, a brand-boardpivoted to the side bars and constructed to be rotated in the opening inthe head of the wash-board, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a wash-board, a brand-board pivoted to the side bars andconstructed to be rotated in the opening'in the head of the wash-board,in combination with a suitable stop whereby to prevent too great alength of rotary motion, substantially as set forth. 3. In a wash-board,a brandboard pivoted to the side bars and constructed to be rotated inthe opening in the head of the wash-board, in combination with asuitable stop whereby to prevent too great a length of rotary motion,and a catch to hold it in place when r0- tated to position,substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with a wash-board frame, a pivoted rotary brand-board,made with its pivotal points outside the plane of the brandboard itself,substantially as set forth.

5. Iniawash-board, abrand-board provided with side pieces, said sidepieces being pivotally connected to the side bars, said brandboard andside pieces being constructed to rotate in the opening in the head ofthe washboard, whereby a soap-box may be formed on either side of thewash-board, substantially as set forth. 7

6. In a washrboard, a brand-board pivoted to the side bars at a pointbelow the center of the opening between the cross-bar 6 and headpiece 5,said brand-board being constructed to oscillate in said opening,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES T. SARGENT.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES ZUOKER, WM. H. DEWIT'I.

